A Week in World Photos

A Palestinian woman walks into a room damaged by an Israeli airstrike earlier this week in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14. A cease-fire held after the worst escalation between Israel and Gaza militants since a 2014 war, but the situation remained volatile, and the deal provoked sharp disagreement within the Israeli government.

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A firefighter is silhouetted by a burning home along the Pacific Coast Highway during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California, on Nov. 9.

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A neighborhood burned by the Camp Fire is viewed from above in Paradise, California, on Nov. 15. The toll in the deadliest wildfires in recent California history climbed to 80 on Nov. 16, with the list of missing rising to nearly 1,000.

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A child holds an American flag as the Veterans Day Parade passes in Milford, Connecticut, on Nov. 11. This year’s Veterans Day had added significance, falling on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

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World leaders attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Nov. 11 as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I.

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The world’s longest dragon boat, carrying 179 rowers, sails along the Mekong River during a ceremony in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, on Nov. 12.

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Family members of a woman killed in an attack blamed on Uganda’s Allied Democratic Forces rebel group mourn at her burial in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Nov. 12. Rebels were accused of killing six people and kidnapping five others—mostly children—in Congo’s restive east, officials said.

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Iraqi children walk through the arcades of the old city in Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, on Nov. 12.

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Revelers celebrate the start of the Carnival season in Düsseldorf, western Germany, on Nov. 11.

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Central American migrants moving toward the United States ride aboard a truck from La Piedad to Vista Hermosa, Mexico, as they continue their trek north on Nov. 12.

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A Central American migrant looks through the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 14.

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The Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad is seen partly underwater in the sea near Bergen, western Norway, on Nov. 13. The frigate capsized after colliding with a tank ship on Nov. 8.

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Young Brazilians play soccer at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 13.

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A cyclist rides past people wearing animal costumes during heavy snowfall, the first of the season, in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, on Nov. 14.

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A Venezuelan migrant toddler walks inside a humanitarian camp in Bogotá on Nov. 13. Refugees and migrants from Venezuela have reached 3 million around the world, according to the United Nations.

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A South Korean guard post explodes as it is dismantled in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon on Nov. 15. The two countries began destroying 20 guard posts along their heavily fortified frontier under a plan to reduce tensions on the border.

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A woman walks by as a Tanzanian soldier from the U.N. Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo patrols against Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Beni, Congo, on Nov. 13. For the past four years, the Beni area has been under siege from the Islamist armed group, which has killed hundreds of people.

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A Yemeni child plays in Sanaa’s old city on Nov. 13.

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Indian devotees take part in the Chhath festival on the banks of the holy river Ganges in Varanasi on Nov. 14. The festival is observed in parts of India and Nepal, during which devotees undergo a fast and offer water and milk to the sun god at dawn and dusk on the banks of rivers or small ponds, praying for the longevity of their spouses.

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A demonstrator protesting the death of the young Mapuche man, Camilo Catrillanca, is arrested by riot police on Nov. 15 in Santiago, Chile. The 24-year-old was shot and killed during a police operation in an indigenous community in the Araucanía region, the center of the Mapuche conflict, according to police reports.

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Lightning strikes over Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during a storm on Nov. 14.

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Papuan villagers in traditional costume go through the security screening at Parliament House in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Nov. 16.

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Rohingya refugees shout slogans at a protest against a disputed repatriation program at the Unchiprang refugee camp near Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Nov. 15. Frightened and angry refugees forced Bangladesh to call off efforts to start sending back some of the hundreds of thousands of stateless Muslims to Myanmar.

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A ball of fire shoots above the building housing the Hamas-run television station Al-Aqsa TV in the Gaza Strip during an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 12.

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Egyptian tanks take part in Arab Shield military exercises at Matrouh Governorate’s Mohamed Naguib military base, northwest of Cairo, on Nov. 15. Forces from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan are taking part in the maneuvers.

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An Indian man rides on a camel cart during the Pushkar Camel Fair in the western state of Rajasthan on Nov. 12. Thousands from the region come to the five-day event, where livestock, mainly camels, are traded at one of the world’s largest camel fairs.

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Spanish protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration against machismo and sexism in classrooms, marking a strike day called by students in Madrid on Nov. 14.

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Participants celebrate after releasing a hot air balloon carrying small fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Light Festival in Myanmar’s northeastern Shan state on Nov. 14. Brightly colored balloons with hundreds of homemade fireworks woven into their frames shower sparks onto adoring crowds in the annual fire balloon festival in Shan’s capital, Taunggyi.

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Anti-Brexit campaigners unfurl a banner on Westminster bridge in front of the Houses of Parliament in London on Nov. 15.

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Dogs bearing European Union flags take part in an anti-Brexit protest outside the entrance to Downing Street in London on Nov. 14.